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eyes ;nv placed on the pigmented side, towards which the head is nrni-d and 

 tin.- arrangement of its bones shifted to correspond with this asymmetry. 

 7 //>/""//""- riih/tirifi, Flem. the . I lolibut, coasts of North Europe; L'linnilux 

 iiKi.r'uinix L.. the Turbot \ lih. leevis l;<>n<L the Brill, European coasts; 

 Pleuronectes platessa L.. the Plaice; 7V. linuiixlu L.. the Dab; Pl.tf<x>ix L., 

 the Flounder, ascends rivei^ : iSWea ruli/nrix (Juens., the Sole. 



Fam. Scomberesocidae. Marine Malacopterygians, with cycloid sculps. The 

 lower pharyngeal bones are fused (P/n/ri/^/in/natlu). lielnn- cit-nx Komi.. 

 Gar-pike: Scomberesox gaums Wall'.: Ewcetus ernlans'L.. the Flyinu- fish. 

 The pectoral tins are strengthened SO as to form flying- organs. A', exiliens L.. 

 European Seas : A'. Hoii/lrlrtH * 'uv. 

 Val., Mediterranean (fig. (1 3). 



Sub-order 5. Acanthopteri. 

 Spii\y-rayed fishes with comb- 

 shaped gills; lower pharyn- 

 geal bones usually separate : 

 thoracic, rarely jugular or ab- 

 dominal pelvic fins. Swim- 

 ming bladder closed, without 

 ductus pneumaticus. 



Tribe 1. Pharyngognathi. 

 The lower pharyngeal bones 

 are fused. 



Fam. Pomacentridae. Aiitjiki- 

 pr'wit bifuxcitifnx Bl., New Guinea; 

 Pomtii-rntfiix f a *< in tux Bloch., 

 East Indies. 



Fam. Labridae. The Wra,-^ - 

 (Lippfische). Brightly - colom-ed 

 fish, with fleshy protrusible lips. 

 L'/lirux iiiacii/tifua Bl., coasts of 

 Europe: Cri-uilnbrux pavo Bru'ivn : 



llx JHIVO Hassij.. Mediterranean ; 



ci'rteiixix Aldx., Parrot-fish, FIG. 615. Nest of Gasffrosteim punyitius (after 

 Mediterranean. Landois) . 



Tribe 2. Acanthopteri (s. str.). The lower pharyngeal bones are 

 not fused. 



Fam. Percidae. Perches. Fiiis thoracic : scales ctenoid : edge of branchial 

 operculuin or prsBOpercultun serrated or spinous. There are teeth on the prte- 

 maxilla, lower jaw, vomer and palatine. Pa-en tfiiriiitilix Bond., Common 

 Peivh (rig. 583). A voracious fish, especially pursues small Cyprinoids. 

 Lalra.i- lupus Cuv., the Bass, Mediterranean : Accrina cerium L.. the Pope, 

 river fish ; Litrii^im-ti smtdni Guv., river fish of South Europe ; ^crriiitux 

 xc/'ilm L., hermaphrodite. Mediterranean ; Gasterostem iiciilctttux L., the 

 Stickleback (fig. (ili), remarkable for forming a nest and protecting the eggs 

 and young; G. jtiimjitiux L., teu-spined Stickleback (the Tinker) (fig. 615) ; 

 G. spinacliia L., fifteen-spined Stickleback. 



